Obama Approval Rating at 43%, but Majority of Voters Confident in Obama’s Approach

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MARIST:

Half of registered voters nationwide — 50% — disapprove of the job President Barack Obama is doing in office while 43% approve. Seven percent are unsure.

Little has changed since the last national McClatchy-Marist survey. In that September poll, the same proportion of the national electorate — 50% — disapproved of the president’s job performance while 45% approved. Five percent were unsure.

“The battle lines are drawn for the midterm elections,” says Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion. “President Obama’s approval rating is not a disaster, but it’s not high enough to be a battle cry for many of his fellow Democrats facing the 2010 electorate.”